Grass Valley vs Lake of the Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Grass Valley and Lake of the Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

Grass Valley and Lake of the Pines are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grass Valley has the higher population (14,126 vs 5,012 in Lake of the Pines). Lake of the Pines has the higher median household income ($118,661 vs $48,850 in Grass Valley). Lake of the Pines has the higher median home value ($639,400 vs $458,400 in Grass Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Valley	Lake of the Pines
Population	14,126	5,012
Median age	49.6 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,850	$118,661
Median home value	$458,400	$639,400
Median gross rent	$1,417	$2,741
Housing units	7,321	2,307
Homeownership rate	39.8%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Valley	Lake of the Pines
Population	12,891 → 14,126 (+9.6%)	3,599 → 5,012 (+39.3%)
Median household income	$37,548 → $48,850 (+30.1%)	$89,214 → $118,661 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$331,400 → $458,400 (+38.3%)	$425,600 → $639,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,417 (+31.7%)	$1,891 → $2,741 (+44.9%)

Grass Valley

Population

12,89114,126

Median household income

$37,548$48,850

Median home value

$331,400$458,400

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,417

Lake of the Pines

Population

3,5995,012

Median household income

$89,214$118,661

Median home value

$425,600$639,400

Median gross rent

$1,891$2,741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Valley	Lake of the Pines
Under 5	5.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.2%	19.0%
75 and over	15.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Valley	Lake of the Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	1.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Valley	Lake of the Pines
No high school diploma	7.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	21.8%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Valley	Lake of the Pines
Drove alone	71.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	19.4%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Valley	Lake of the Pines
1-unit, detached	50.4%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Grass Valley	Lake of the Pines
Poverty rate	20.7%	8.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1978	1981